Question

why did the elements need to be written in symbolic form. what is the benefit of this?​

Answer 1

Answer:

The present chemical symbols express the systematizing of chemistry by the atomic theory of matter. The English chemist John Dalton, who followed the alchemists in representing the elements pictorially, made the important advance of letting his symbols designate single atoms of elements, not indefinite amounts.

Answer 2

In the Modern Periodic Table, currently there are 118 elements of chemistry. Now, each of these elements have their own distinct name.

Some of them have long/complex names like

• Lanthanum
• Untribium
• Francium, etc.

So, there is a need to assign a particular symbol to each of these elements so that they can be written in a small area of space and can be universally known throughout the world.

Benefits of using symbols:

• Atoms of elements combine to form molecules, some of these molecules main event contain more than two types of atoms. Representing the name of this molecule with symbols will be much easier, much less time taking and will take much less space.

• Symbols can also be used while drawing the structural formula of the the molecules.

• Symbols are useful when denoting the the Lewis-dot or electron-dot structures.

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